RoseyMusic.com

9/08/08

Hello Loves,

I'm branching out to the south bay, it's not far from the city, just a few short exits south on the 405. The beaches are beautiful, the woman (& men) are half naked all the time - a plus, and the beaches are just gorgeous. The club I'm playing this Thursday night is a really sweet spot with an excellent restaurant attached, if you'd like to come early for dinner & catch some cabaret a la me afterwards.... Also my birthday is a few days later, so we will be celebrating my b-day & anyone who wants to buy me shots of jameson (on the rocks) is welcome to.

Rosey
Live at 12+Highland
9/11/08 at 9:30PM
304 12th St
Manhattan Beach, Ca
90266

NO COVER

To see my newest video for my song "Love" go to my youtube page at: Youtube.com/roseymusic

Make sure to press the "Watch in High Quality" link under the amount of views.

To pick up my latest record "Luckiest Girl" go to: http://www.quango.com/store/index.php

And in other news, my electronic band Lal Meri is almost done with our record & it's sounding pretty damn amazing. We are so excited!!! The songs on our myspace page are older demos, & we'll let you know when the new mixes are up.

Happy Fall to you all.
Love and blessings always,

Rosey

Ps. Come be my friend at Facebook: search - rosey, roseymusic, rosey kaye (yay)

6/26/08 The Hancock/Gallina Wedding, More recording & Spilitting town for a while….

Lal Meri Rocked our first gig with our new lineup. We played a baller club in downtown LA called Elevate for a benefit for Grand Performances, LA and we had an excellent time. We met pretty Maital, Bianca and Shivani. How do I get so lucky to be surrounded by such beautiful women? I’m not sure, but lucky me…

Check out the movie I made with my boy Tom of the wedding of country music killer Wayne Hancock & his blushing bride Gina Rose Gallina…it was just so lovely, watchin too road dawgs get hitched on the stage at Safari Sam’s in Hollywood, CA. Good fuckin times…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoU5npAv0dA

Going to take a long needed vacation New York style…gonna hang in the city & then grab my man & drive down to Maryland for fireworks & fresh crabs on the Chesapeake Bay on the fourth of July. Then it’s back to business in the studio with Lal Meri!!

6/1/08

Hello Lovelies,
Wanted to let you know a couple things... First off, Grand Performances, an amazing outdoor venue in downtown LA, is starting it's free concert series this evening, Sunday June 1st. The 2008 season will kick-off with the "Miles from India Ensemble." This incredible group will be playing the music of Miles Davis with traditional Indian instruments. Maybe I'll see you there??
To see the rest of their summer schedule check out their site at:
grandperformances.org

And later this week, my electronic band Lal Meri, will be playing a show to benefit Grand Performances so they can continue to keep these amazing free concerts happening. The benefit show will be this Thursday, June 5th at a really beautiful club in downtown LA called Elevate Lounge. Carmen Rizzo will be starting out the evening with a DJ Set at 8PM and then we will play a set at 9:00PM with more DJ's to follow...The club is on the penthouse overlooking the whole city, it's gorgeous!! If you say "sweet love" at the door they will lower the $40.00 door charge to $25.00, a good price for a benefit show, and a good cause at that.

June 5th, 9:00PM
Lal Meri @Elevate Lounge
811 Wilshire Blvd, Penthouse Floor
Downtown LA
elevatelounge.com
myspace.com/lalmeri

If you havent been to Grand Performances yet, you should definitely check it out. If not tonight then come down sometime this summer. Bring food, wine, friends and make a night of it. The venue was built on an 11 acre lot nestled in between high-rises...it's pretty awesome & the sound is amazing.

Hope to see you tonight or later this week up in the penthouse for our benefit show.

Peace&Loves,
Rosey
myspace.com/lalmeri
myspace.com/rosey

5/29/08 weddings weddings & more weddings…

ok so, I caught 3 bouquets…weird right? Why was I even at all these weddings…I don’t know… everyone’s getting married & having kids & I am still just artist girl trying to get ahead in artist-unfriendly world… I’m so happy to see my friends & sweet cousin move on into the next phase of their life. I just wonder if I’m weird because I’m not anywhere close to doing that too? I’m on my own track. I know this. I’m just tired of spending my late nights & mornings alone I guess…

Acupuncture has been setting me up all right & there’s another new song I wrote with gabe Johnson, my trumpet player…it’s dark as hell. About a lonely clock on the wall that keeps tick, tick, ticking….We planned to write about misery, he’s kind of a dark fellow... I’m not used to this, as most of my songs end up in a place of hope & belief, no matter how dark they may start out. But I think it was a good exercise for me in wallowing. I don’t really like it, it’s too hard, too unchangeable. But a good exercise all the same… & I guess it’s true, what doesn’t totally depress you can only make you stronger, right?

Lal Meri has begun rehearsals for our live summer shows at Grand performances. I cant even believe how weird band practices are in an electronic band. I’ve always played with real musicians…& now that I’m doing gigs with computers, rehearsals seem to take a lot longer, which doesn’t really make any sense… It’s cool though, at least I can take breaks to text my friends. Meow.

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Lal Rehearsals…Reesh, Me, Satnam & Dimitri

The record release parties were awesome. I wish some rich bastard would give me tons of money to take a jazz band out on the road…horns included. Any fancy sponsors out there who like the way I switch those hips?? Have I got a band for you…!!!

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Kumbi, Toyyia & Me @Hotel Cafe

Check out my New “Love” (Original Version) Video, Directed by Linda Serbu

Click here!!! & make sure to select, “watch in full quality”…youtube kinda sux…

5/05/08 CD Release Party

It's been a long time coming...we had so fun celebrating it on the east coast, and now it's time to bring the party back home to LA to celebrate some more...!!!

Please join me & the Quango Music Group, as we present my new record "Luckiest Girl" this Friday night with a 45 minute set of live smoky hot Jazz at the Hotel Café in Hollywood at 8PM, and an even hotter party to follow up the street just following the show...

Rosey @The Hotel Cafe
May 9th at 8PM
1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Cover - $10.00

If you get there around 7:30pm, you should still be able to find street parking. The earlier the better... The party after the show is just a few blocks up Cahuenga, so you can leave your car where it's at and walk to that. Also the show will start at 8PM Sharp!!! So if you want a seat, try to get there a little early. We got some tricks up our sleeve that are gonna make for a really nice night. I sure hope I see you there. Xo Roro

roseymusic.com
myspace.com/rosey
purevolume.com/rosey

hotelcafe.com

Look for "Luckiest Girl"
at: quango.com
amazon.com, Borders Books
& itunes

4/30/08 New friends, Old friends, New Records, New Videos & 2nd Chances

My first, of which I hope to be many Jazz records in my strange, hopefully very long and ever changing career, came out this month. We shipped 3 thousand copies, which I guess, in these dark ages of the music industry is HUGE. Wow….crazeeee!! ;) ha!! No I’m not complaining…I’m actually really excited about the record & my label & my gigs, which are more fun every time, now that I have found my footing at lot more (then when I first started playin jazz a few years ago). I’m definitely feeling way more confident in my chops & delivery & learning to really let go on stage and be whoever the fuck I want. It’s excellent.

This month also marked a new relationship with a music legend. I began working with Phillip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire fame, writing songs with him for his new record. It’s so awesome sitting with someone who’s seen & done just about anything & everything you can think of…it surely makes for good song topics & freaky stories to tell. He’s even got me singing on his record, which is such an honor….wow.

Linda Serbu, beautiful artist filmmaker girl in Brooklyn, NY gave me her time and energy to shoot a little sweet video for me in the botanical gardens. Thank you miss Linda, you are my Star. And thanks Steve Pedulla for your editing talents. You are RAD!!!

Me & my baby are gonna give it another go. He’s gonna try to be around a bit more. I guess I thought I wouldn’t be around so much. With a new record out, I was hoping to be on tour myself…but this Lal Meri record’s got me home recording vocals - I do them all in my living room – and working in Carmen’s studio with him & Ireesh on the music… I really need to get this record done so I can focus on my solo career more. I thought it would be easier to balance the 2 projects, but it’s turning out to be a lot more work than I had imagined & a lot more than I can handle. It would help if I had a manager, but since my amazing old manager quit the buiz a few years ago, I haven’t found anyone else I trust or believe in enough to take on. And SHIT I really need some help. But at least I’m back in baby’s arms again. And it feels good good good….I’ll get me the right manager, when the time is right, you’ll see…. ?

4/25/08

Hello my pretty lil' east coast pals,

It's been a while, but I finally got my body back to New York to play some
live music. I'll be celebrating the release of my new record "Luckiest
Girl," which just came out!!! The gig's at my favorite little spot on the
Lower East Side called Rockwood Music Hall. We'll be heading up the street
at 10PM for an after show drink, that spot TBA...

Hope you're all feelin good & enjoying this lovely warm weather.
& hope to see you all soon. Meows and kisses, la la la love Rosey

April, 29 2008
at Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen Street
New York, New York
10001
Cost : free

To hear songs from the New Record
Check out:

Roseymusic.com
Myspace.com/rosey
Purevolume.com/rosey

4/08/08 "Luckiest Girl" out today!

Hey Everybody,

Good news!!! My Jazz Record, “Luckiest Girl” has made it’s official release TODAY!! Check out my banner on the Starbucks Entertainment page & the Jazz page of the iTunes store.

We will be celebrating with a live show & a party next month in Hollywood, CA. It’s Friday May 9th at the Hotel Café at 8PM. And for my east coast friends, I’m making my way back there for a show in NYC on April 29th at 9pm at Rockwood Music Hall.

Luckiest Girl is Available today for sale at all major music retail stores & at my label QUANGO.COM in our online store. & through major digital service providers, such as itunes, amazon.com, facebook.com, DEL.CIO.US, ect….

I’ve waited a long time for this fine day, and am so glad it is here!! Hope everybody is doing all right and feelin’ particularly groovy. I just wanted to pass this lucky feeling I have today on to all of you with big hugs and light beams...

lovelove, roro

UPCOMING SHOWS…

April, 29 2008
Rosey Live at Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen Street, New York, New York 10001
Showtime: 9PM
Cover: free

May, 9 2008
Rosey Live at Hotel Café
1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90028
Showtime: 8PM
Cost : $10.00

ROSEY
myspace.com/rosey
http://www.giantstep.net/artists/
http://www.quango.com/artists/rosey.php
http://itunes.com/starbucks

3/27/08 Butterflies, Rainbows, Tears & Poison Ivy

This month started out pretty ok, with insurance $$ from my accident to buy a brand new car. I’d been driving a 71 Mercedes for the last 10 years or something, so driving a new car is just like I would imagine heaven to be….AWESOME!!! But often when caught up in the mind of duality, with every wonderful thing there is a total shit thing too… I had just gotten strong enough to start exercising regularly when I went running near my house in a poison oak covered forest. It had just rained a lot, so the paths were all overgrown and that demon oil got on my shoes, hands, other clothes, door knobs, which translated to my arms, legs, tummy, feet, hands…I had it for about a month. I felt like a kid again in the suburbs, only this time I had no mommy to rub calamine lotion on me. So sad. I read that the urusiol oil in the plant is so strong that 1 ounce of it could infect 99% of the population. That’s nutz!!

Laying around too long in bed is bad for the soul, it’s not natural. I didnt get any sun for weeks, got really down &broke up with my man. He was in Australia on tour & I was crying in my bed at home itchy as hell… I missed him so much I cracked & told him I couldn’t take it anymore, which made us both very sad. Very Sad. The good news is, 2 great songs came out of this month of March. One called about freedom called “butterfly” that I wrote with him, and another for Lal Meri. It’s a nursery rhyme about Rainbows and how sometimes it’s just better to stay inside and play on a rainy day then feel the sun shine on your face. All kinds of good things can happen inside while the earth is getting wet outside…;) But if the sun is shining, you better go out there and plant some seeds!!!

2/10/09 Totaled…

I have this problem with punctuality. I hate being late, it’s definitely one of my pet peeves, but I’m slow as molasses when it comes to leaving the house. My car must be equip with several jackets for day & night, hot or cold, 10 plus pairs of shoes, as one never knows in this town, when you’ll end up at important industry event, pool party, etc….water, snacks, coffee, mp3 player, cd’s, etc, etc, etc….So I’m late, all the time….& I drive very fast to make sure I’m not late ALL the time. I know all the shortcuts & have a brain like a compass. But the other day, while racing from point A to point B I decided to try a new route, one I wasn’t too sure of. Damned uncertainty, the fruit of life I suppose... Anyway, I had just left my chiropractors office, my rib was like in my throat, very uncomfortable, so I got put all back together & raced off to the studio so that another one of my precious pre-choruses didn’t get CUT in my absence… when a man with green hair in a Scion blind-sided me. I seriously didn’t even know what hit me, until I woke up… I didn’t run the light, but I guess I was going a little fast & someone didn’t see me before he turned in front of me. My car folded like an accordion. Even the back seat was bent in a concave sort of shape…it was terrible. Luckily my back I was pretty much ok & had just had my back adjusted, so the whiplash wasn’t too bad. I spent the day in the hospital strapped to a table alone. My man is away, he’s always away…& the one person I thought to call, my friend fix doesn’t even have a car…so he had to borrow one before he could come and cover my chilly feet with his sweatshirt. A true friend… I’m ok, been stiff as hell, bruised up & cant really turn my head, also missed all the grammy parties (whatever) ;) but I live to tell the story. And got back into the studio a few days later to record strings for the Lal Meri with Nikki & Alisha, the hottest string section I’ve ever seen.

Moral of the story: wake up earlier so as not to be late? Yes & NO. Moral is, NOwhere is important enough to risk your life or the lives of others racing to get to. So I will slow down & I hope you do too. We need each other… & I couldn’t do this life shit without you.

1/21/08 New Records/New Band/New Challenges….& Patience, patience patience…

This year got off to a decent start…Lal Meri has been in the studio pretty much ever day working on our debut record. I’m so used to being in charge of my everything, so this band proposition has found me back in the world of compromise and debate, which is quite the interesting challenge... Now we have 3 producers on one record which is kinda crazy, not sure how other bands do it?? But we are figuring it out….First we’re figuring out each other’s aesthetic, which has been harder than I thought, but it’s coming a long. Then it’s chopping up and re-arranging new songs that are maybe too long, too short or too annoying to others that they’ve been sliced & DICED. I went out for a smoothie the other day, & when I came back they cut out my pre-chorus in a song. And it was two against one, I was outvoted!! That hurts…but such is life in a band I guess… I will always miss that pre-chorus…wah wah….but what can I do? When a girl needs a smoothie, she has get a fuckin smoothie!! ;) It’s been a glorious and rough start, but at least there’s some balance to it. I always wanted to be in a band, so here it is. YAY.

12/20/07 A Fine month for love songs…

Me & my darlin wrote 3 new ones for our little Ep that we’re making of dreamy acoustic melodies. And I wrote one of my favorite tunes I think I’ve ever written for Lal Meri, called “More Songs 4 the Moon.” It’s not technically a love song, but it IS about my undying love and admiration for the moon that strengthens & repairs me over and over again as I go through it’s cycles rising and falling with the tides, beaten & torn by my own trials, only to find it’s light inspiring me to get up and try to do it all over again.

Time for the Holidays again… eating cookies & drinking wine by the fire in the freezing cold east coast climates I try ever so hard to stay away from…but sometimes snow is so beautiful, I almost don’t care about the shivering part & the runny noses. I’m excited to get back to NYC, see some old friends & family and then drive down to North Carolina for Christmas by the waterside with my love’s family. It’s not Jamaica, but there’s a little boy their named Henry who warms my heart more than the best beach sun ever could.

Happy Holidays All!! I will carry you in my heart like a nest of sweet honeybees buzzing and singing songs, opening presents, finding new frontiers and healing from good old fashioned lessons learned. 2008 will be great!!! And with any luck at all we will have a new president who can end this war over oil , once & for ALL.

11/21/07 little whirlwinds…

The EPK’s done!! You will soon be able to sneak a peek at the making of my latest and first self produced Jazz record that will be out in a few months… look for it on my youtube page: youtube.com/roseymusic

Thanks Yvan Gauthier for your help with the editing & teaching me some Final Cut Pro tricks…YAY

Went up to San Fran to take some meetings with new label Six Degrees Records which went well & was lucky enough to catch my honey there and jump on a mini-tour with him & his band, the only way I get to see him these days….

Got home in time for singing dog food commercials & then Thanksgiving…

OK: Whut I am happy 4 this year!!! Dog food commercials, ha!!! New record deals, old record deals, love, the ability to keep my head above water & somehow support myself making music in this crap industry, more love, more songs that make me smile, Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Jolie Holland, Whisky, Vitamins, Bruno Guez – the coolest guy ever, My family’s health & happiness and more love & more songs…ahhhhh

Best Wishes to YOU & Yours on this and every great day we live & breathe.

10/10/07 Wins. Record Deals, Writing sessions and Clouds Lifting

I’m pleased to say the depression I was caught up in for a while has seemed to vanish. My sweet daddy is back to good health, which I think is a big part of it… Keeping (extraordinarily) busy helps too. It seems my hard work is paying off. My electronic band “lal meri” got a new band member Carmen Rizzo (carmenrizzo.com) who we love, a song on that new James Woods show “Shark” and has found a label who wants to put out our record. Yay!! So we are in high gear trying to finish our record now. I’m also finishing up my cute lil’ blues album with Mark, have created a new writing team with the likes of Jeremy Ruzumna And Josh Tone. We’ve been writng lil’ (big) pop songs for some Disney kids. Love it. And I also started writing a new jazz record with my friend Gabe Johnson, as I look forward to the release of my current finished jazz album called “Luckiest Girl” (that’s me ;). The record is coming out on Quango in the new year, probably sometime around Valentines day. Double yay!! We shot my EPK last week, and I’ve spent the last few sleepless nights editing it for your viewing pleasure. I remember the days of the big hulking record label, taking care of everything for their artists, and sometimes I really do miss it. But it’s wonderful being the captain of your own ship, making all your own creative choices, staying up all night writing out budgets for videos. Fuck it, I may never sleep again… But that’s okay, I can always sleep when I’m dead. And that’ll be after I’ve put out at least 20 more indi records. No one ever said living the dream would be easy. But at least I’m not depressed NOOO more. Thanks Steven Lake (stevenlakehair.com) and Stacey Witt (Awesome Makeup) for giving me their time and love for my EPK. Triple YAY!

9/15/07 Birthdays, Blues & Commercial Work 2

I love September. It’s my birthday month, and although I am older, I love’s me some presents. I’m just getting over 2 weeks of horrible sickness. I don’t know how anybody gets sick in LA, but they do. There’s a lil’ chill in the air one night and everybody starts sneezing. It’s hilarious… But I’m feeling healthy again, and not a moment too soon, because I hooked up with these guys in New York who have me singing all kinds of commercials for TV for them. It’s the most wonderful job yet, as I can sit in my own home, record myself, email out my vocal tracks and call it a day (if I want to). The truth is, I’m a crazy workaholic which is important for fear I’d be an alcoholic ;) Too much idle time in this town finds me hanging out by the dj booth of the club, whisky in hand and high heels spinnin. So back to work I Go!!! My voice will appear on a commercial for Rimowa Luggage this fall. Their campaign will launch sometime in November in Germany & Japan. The add company who hired Mark Tschanz & me to do the commercial loves our little song so much that they have requested we make a whole record of tunes like it to release around launch time. So Mark & I started a group called RoseyN’Tschanz. It’s a blues project that’s just so fun. I’ll let you know when that one comes out for download, etc… Also, my voice will be on a Rice Krispies commercial in Canada around X-mas time, and that’s fun too. Snap, Crackel…

8/4/07 jazz chops galore.

This has been a funny month of gigs. I’m trying to get my chops up so I can get out there and play in some jazz festivals next year. I haven’t announced any of them, simply because, well they weren’t really my shows. I just did a bunch of guest vocal type stuff, sitting in with amazing jazz players, like the Gabe Johnson Quartet for one. I did the strangest version of “My One and Only Love” the other night, totally changing the melody line around. I was afraid Johnny Hartman was turning in his grave and wanted to jump in the pool when I was done… but strangely enough I got a bunch of complements on my performance of it. So maybe it wasn’t as bad as I thought. It’s rough trying to sing these old songs made famous by such knock out stars. I always want to bring something new to them, without trying to be too showy. I think it’s important to have some respect for the old standards when performing them. They’re like the foundation of all the ballads we enjoy today. Too bad they don’t write em like they used to. Sigh… oh my. They made me an honorary VIP at Grandstar Jazz in Chinatown the other night. That place is fun. You can hear jazz on the ground level or go upstairs and dance to hip hop, which is always fun after a few drinks. I thinks. Meow

7/23/07 Photo Spread fit for a Diva

Though it will be a long road and I am still just a diva in training, I would like to thank Troy Jensen (troyjensen.com) for giving me a photo shoot fit for the likes of a monaco princess. Never have I been photographed in more beautiful clothing. And it all fit me too. That never happens. Stylists always show up with awesome samples in size zero, which usually ends in tears or me wearing my own clothes… but this time there were vintage couture gowns and beautiful new ones too, thanks too Paris Libby our super sexy stylist. Troy had to run out for a minute to do Mary J. Blige’s makeup, yeah that’s how he rolls, but he left me in good hands with Elias Tahan to shoot a couple rolls. And when he returned, troy turned up the heat… had me bent over the banister in some very scandalous poses and primped like a forties cinema star. These pictures are all over my webpages… this one, and my myspace page, and will appear on the cover of my new record “Luckiest Girl.” Shout out to you Troy, for getting the ball rolling and helping me get a little closer to making my diva dreams come true. ooh.

7/5/07 Dodger Stadium

If you ever have a chance to go to dodger stadium on the 4th of July, you gotta check out the fireworks show. For years here in LA me and my friends would watch them from the hill next to the stadium, or from our friend Dino’s roof. But this year we got daring and scalped some tickets during the second inning, watched the game and got to see the July 4th show right there over our heads. It was magnificent!!! We had the time of our lives and were able to get out of there fast enough to get to some parties and see some homemade jobs too. Hilarious… LA rules. Too bad the dodgers don’t. They lost the game, but I don’t care. I’m a Yankees fan. xoro

6/29/07 Yummy Fun

So I joined a new band called “the Tasebuds.” It’s run by my friend John Gold, who’s so an awesome singer songwriter here in LA (johngoldmusic.com/). The band is backing up the lovely and talented Claire Crespo during her new cooking show for kids called “Yummy Fun” (yummyfun.com). We’ve been filming the show the last few days and it’s been so fun. My character’s name is Rosey Taste and I’m like this super psychadelic hippy girl who sings and plays tambourine in the Yummy Fun band. Good times… the show should be available to watch on DVD in a few months, so stay tuned for that. And if you like fun recipes, check out Claire’s books, “Hello Cupcake” and “the secret life of food.” They are irresistibly cool and so creative, they could make anybody want to be a baker. Not just you burners out there ;) I love writing songs for kids. Thanks for givin me a shot Johnny!!!

5/15/07

This has been a strange month to say the least. Something must be up in the planets... you ever feel like the world is falling down all around you and the only thing you can do rise to the occasion, stand tall and be a pillar for a while? It's like being in the eye of the storm. While you’re in there, you’re fine, but when you stop to take a break, you totally lose all of your grip and fine stance. That ever happen to you? This month has been weird. With my dad in the hospital, it's been hard on my family. And me. But they say he's going to be okay. Once they take the cancer out of his body, we'll know more... It seems so many people are falling apart around me now I have no choice but to be the strong one. But it's eating away at me and I need a break. When I'm not at the hospital with my dad, I'm flying back & forth to NYC sleeping on friend's couches and wondering if I'll ever grow up? Probably not... My back is wrenched. I want to sleep in my own bed. It'll happen soon. New York is on fire. It's hot as hell and I really want to go home and be with my dad. But despite it’s cacophony, this city inspires me as always, so I've been writing a lot. Got a few new songs to take home, about strength and sanity which I'm hanging on to by a thread… I have to learn how to stop caring so much for others that I forget how to care for myself and get run ragged. But I always come back to the same place in my mind. If you can’t hold up the people you love when they are weak, then what is this life worth anyway. Go hug somebody!! ;)

4/20/07 - Back in the Saddle

Hello Luvs,

Please join me for a very hot and steamy Friday night full of smoky grooves, cabaret and deep blues. It has been way too long since this diva-in training hit the stage with a hot jazz band. So I had to change that & quickly.

Plus I am celebrating my new sweet relationship with one very cool local record label called Quango. Looks like they'll be putting out my lil' jazz
record this July. Very exciting...

Next Friday:

Rosey
April 27th, 2007
at !0:30PM Sharp!!
Temple Bar
1026 Wilshire Blvd. (at 11th St.)
Santa Monica, CA 90401

myspace.com/rosey

The band will include some amazing local heroes and friends...

Kaveh Rastegar - Upright Bass
Gabe Johnson - Sax
Nate Wood - Drums
Chris Joyner - Keys
Josh Lopez - guitar

Don't miss out.
Love you loves,

Rosey

Pssst...Don't forget, you get a discount off tickets if you buy them in advance at: TempleBarLive.com

2/22/07 Meals, Wheels, & Record Deals...

For the last few years I've been like a snow bird, going where it's warm to hideaway and right my way out of a lot of jams. I moved twice last month and was without a fridge for 3 weeks. I ate cheeseburgers and fries everyday zooming around town on my quest to find shelter that would stick. I finally found a house -my own house- got me a fridge and became a vegetarian again. No more fast food....NO.

Somewhere along the way, my beautiful old 71 Mercedes died on me. We had a good 7 year run together, but I couldn't take all the repairs anymore. If anybody needs their fan belt tightened, call me. But not if I'm wearing a floor length gown. ;)

So now I'm settled and happy to say I found support in my new friends at Quango Records. They are helping me get back on my heals to put out my jazz record for real and sing sing sing. We are working on new songs now, planning our attack for next year too, so look out!!! I see lots of hot
beats, heavy horns, and dancing girls in my future. Too good. Too young to die. Hang on kittens, lets go for a ride....

01/23/2007 Hello Cuties!

After writing a gang of songs together, my friend Ireesh an I started a new band. Don't get me wrong, I'm still in love with jazz, but I always love to challenge myself in new ways (and shake it-shake it 2!!). Our new band is called:

Lal Meri - which means - my red one, or my red love. Our sound is electronic, Indian influenced, trip hop. You can check out our songs at: Myspace.com/LalMeri

We have been fortunate enough to be part of a great night of music - Feb. 2nd, a lucky Friday night, at 10pm at the Temple Bar in Santa Monica. After playing so many rooms in this town, this bar is most definitely my favorite. Good sounds, good vibes, parking....etc!

9pm- Jesca Hoop
10pm- Lal Meri
11:15- Dengue Fever

The night will start out with my most favorite singer/songwriter in town (maybe even on the whole planet) named, Jesca Hoop. You have to see her. Her songs are so beautiful and eerie. And she is amazing live. We go on at ten for a vibey trip-hop set and at 11:15 is Denque fever. They describe themselves as "a Cambodian Psychedelic dance party." rad!!! It'll be a really eclectic and fun night of music. You must come. I'll be there early to see you know who. :)

Temple Bar
1026 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 393-6611

$10 in advance
$12 at the door

TempleBarLive.com
Myspace.com/LalMeri

Luv&peaches,

xoro

1/5/07 Check out my song on "Men In Trees" this Thursday at 10PM on ABC!!!

My song "I Remember," will be featured on a new show (that's blowin up) on ABC called "Men in Trees." The show comes on this thursday night, 1/11/07, at 10PM following my favorite P-gram (grey's anatomy). It's the first show of the new season. My dad says to watch this show cause Ann Heche is hot. I agree.

12/31/06 Thank you for brightening up my life

Hello Friends,

I just wanted to thank you all for finding me in this great big world full of people and art. I hope that the new year brings you sweetness and a new sense of calm to send you through 2007 with a smile and the belief that you can be anything you dream, and you can have anything you want. Change comes slowly, but it comes, in little sparkles, shadows and moments that keep us on the path, no matter how hard it seems at times. when you keep a happy mind free of darkness and judgments - on yourself and others, there is so much good space to fill with joy in every moment. I am sending you so much love from my heart today and everyday, and want you to know how much I appreciate your kindness and care. See you in 2007!!!

Love,
Rosey

12/3/06 End of the Year Wishes

I’m getting ready to split back to NYC for a while. I miss my friends, am going to do some writing work and am going to see my family for Christmas. We did originate from the east coast after all. My parents, bro and me are the only ones who got out (to southern Cal). But that’s cool. It gives me a new place to call home here and lots of homies to visit.

I hope your Holidays are full of light and happy quiet reflective time. Remember to be kind to your dear selves. This life is hard enough without self-criticism. If you feel you haven’t done your best, there is always more time around the corner to make it right. Plan your attack and start making your dreams come true any minute you want to. All it takes it a little bit of change every day. Just like a seed in the dirt, needs sun and water and love to grow over time, so does a seed in the mind. Drink lots of water, especially you boozers ;) give yourself enough sunshine, and enough belief to let that seed grow. The bigger it gets the less doubt, the less the judgments, the less the fear. That’s when you really start living. Be sweet my angels, xoxorolo

11/20/06 A Dave Way Christmas (Record)

One of my best friends, Dave Wilder (king of the wild frontier - sike - more like of Glendale) and I, wrote a rad Christmas song yesterday for our friend’s Dave Way’s Christmas Record. Wilder was well practiced, after spending the last 6 months writing and producing a Christmas record for the Dan Band. He’s in their video which is pretty hilarious and crazy catchy. You can see it on youtube (of course) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyRRlSFlLDs

Our new song is about hiding out on Christmas with the one you love, watchin TV all day, stayin out of crowded places, and enjoying the quiet spaces… That’s usually my trip. But I party all year, so at the end of one, I really need a break. ;) Every time we got stuck, during the writing process, Dave would break out on his guitar with a little country shuffle singin “christmas time in the bayou, christmas time....” it was the perfect interlude. I love you Dave. And since I forgot to say it before, Happy Chanukah my Jewisha brother. And Happy festival of lights to all you members of the tribe. May your fires never burn out. And for all you Buddha lovers, happy holiday/samsara every freekin minute. Good Night!!!

11/18/06 Lal Meri’s Very First Gig

My new electronic group is called Lal Meri. did I mention that already? who can remember, in this great world of Tivo. I fear it’s frying what’s left of my brains....Ah Lal Meri, what a delight for me. We have some demos up at Myspace.com/lalmeri
My friend Keefus is adding some extra production to our joints to make them sound super dope. So for now, we have to make due with the whatever sounding demos. Hope you enjoy. Lal Meri, meaning “my red one” in Hindi, is also the title of a very old and beautiful Indian folk song. I do believe the song is as old as time itself. Meaning, I have no idea when it was written?? ;) I’ve searched and searched the internet - which is also frying my brain - and have come up short. Maybe one of you knows?

We had our first gig today at a rooftop party in Hermosa beach. It was total pandemonium, and total culture shock for me, growing up in an east coast beachtown. We never had beer pong and flippy cup where I went to keggers. I learned so much. Needless to say, everybody was totally smashed by the time we went on. People were hugging me while I was singing, and trying to join our band during the gig, it was pretty funny. The cops came to break up the party, but they were pretty cool, and helped me carry my PA down the stairs. I’d move down there if I didn’t love my liver so much. It’s always spring break in Hermosa!! We actually have decided as a band to play a residency down there in January. It seems like a good place to get our show super locked before we bring it up to LA.

Thanks Vinnie, for braving the crowd and filming the gig. Thanks Mary for having us, and thanks Tristan for the awesome gear to make me look so cute. Tristan makes really cool clothes, check em out at: tristanchristopher.com He’s the guy with the afro on the homepage, a total doll. And he’ll make anything you want. You can give him a picture design or whatever and he’ll put it where ever you want on your gear, it’s rad!!!

11/8/06 My Friends @ Quango and Bringin Jazz Back

Thanks Bruno and Allen And Dave and Jose and and and KAVI (of course) - for the fine hookup. These guys are a dream for me. Sweet, hardworking, honest.What more could a girl ask for. And they think they can make me some dough too. In fact they already have and we just started working together. I feel very lucky to have such good people in my circle. I waited for you, and waded for you, and new that if I held out long enough, I could have that fine quality of people to do my business with. I really wouldn’t have it any other way. Phewwww…

11/7/06 Sofia & Peter

I have a new friend. he is full of pretty pictures. He has made a gorgeous film about a world champion surfer from Peru named Sofia. She has become the role model for all women and surfers in her country to rise up and follow their dreams. The film is raising money to put a young girl from Peru through college. It is her wish to become a journalist, and all of the movie’s proceeds will go to her higher education, a very just cause. Peter also writes songs, which remind me of my youth. They are organic and thick, like mud in the ground, they have a cool pocket - acoustic and funky. So I am trying to help him get his music recorded by some dope cats around town, why not? Check out his pretty pictures and the trailer of his beautiful film at:

sofiadoco.com
peterjgoetz.com

11/2/06 KCRW presents: Carmen Rizzo performing songs from his new album
"The Lost Art of the Idle Moment" (featuring Rosey on Vocals)

10PM Mouse on Mars

The Echo
1822 Sunset BLVD
(in Echo Park)
Los Angeles, CA 90039
9PM - 11/2/06

drop by if your in the hood. I don't normally sing other people's songs but Carmen is a good friend, plus he's great!!! Check out his stuff at:

myspace.com/carmenrizzo
carmenrizzo.com

xoro

11/1/06 The Halloween that NEVER Ended

NO MORE Halloween Please!!!! People here in LA take this holiday very VERY seriously!!! I heard someone say how this holiday was for kids everywhere else, but in Los Angeles, it’s an adult holiday. Very spooooky. ;) Thursday through Tuesday everywhere you looked there were slutty-clowns, slutty-mad hatters, slutty-snow whites...what ever happened to just dressing up as a stripper or a prostitute? I guess those costumes aren’t in this year. Although, I did see a handful of pimps.... Maybe it wasn’t like that in other towns, but in LA it was crazy hot times in the city. My favorite, was the girl in the slutty-risky business costume. She had a white button down shirt, tighty whitey’s and white stiletto boots on. ;) I wont even say what I was, and please don’t ask.....

It was fun tho. We went to a party on the roof of the Standard hotel. Ladytron was spinnin and I was on the dance floor doin the bump with a rubick’s cube and borat and James. I like. I went to a party another night at Marie Antoinette’s house. It was awesome!!!! She had a graveyard in the backyard with a bunch of tombstones with all of our names on them and one for George Bush that said “rest in ?” ;) No, she wasn’t a dead Marie, or a slutty-one, she looked like a perfect queen for sure. But to make up for all the spooky-freakishness, I saw some great life changing music, Benji Hughes, the bird and the bee, and Thursday on the actual day of Halloween where I sported my fifth and last costume. Next year I’m going somewhere really cold!! ;)

myspace.com/benjihughes
thebirdandthebee.com

10/25/06 Le Rev @ 3 of Clubs tonight (Hollywood)

I’m so proud of my little CC. I’ve watched her grow from a beautiful little girl into a full-fledged rock star!!! She kicks so much ass!!! I’ll be there, and you should come down 2!

myspace.com/lerev

10/12/06 BIG BEARS

So I was supposed to drive down to Hermosa, where my band member Ireesh lives to write some more songs. We got this really cool commercial campaign in some foreign markets and we needed to buckle it down and work. I was wicked burnt from all these long LA nights and told him I needed to brake out of town. That’s when he told me the most wonderful news. For as long as he could remember, his family has had a cabin up on a lake. “It’s a few hours from LA and it’s empty. Wanna go there?” he said. Oh mother of GOD – YES!!!! I exclaimed. Let’s go! So we met at the bottom of the mountain at his mother’s house where she cooked us the most amazing Indian food, yummmmm, and we ascended the mountain ready to work. It was freakishly cold up there. It was actually fall. Leaves were changin and everything. One forgets how much they enjoy the seasons (some seasons) living in southern California. It really felt like I was back home in my birthplace of Connecticut. Very very very nice. The lake glistened in the distance, we cranked the heat wrote 4 new songs. Thank you to the Lal family for that fine investment. I wanna buy a house up there too, but everybody says they’re too many fires? It’s always something... Is anyone safe? Meow

9/27/06 Massive Attack

This week has been all about dancing. Did I mention I love to do that. YES I love jazz-hands, ;) but I also love to shake it with the best of em. I remember being a kid dancing at the Limelight, looking up and realizing I was being freaked by Naomi Campbell. Sorry about all the name dropping, but it was awesome. ha!! I pulled out my strappy old shoes and kicked up some dirt for sure. My favorite partners are James & Gene, Chelsea & Juliana. Thanks you guys for reminding me I can sweat. I feel like I spend most of my time sitting in studios exercising my mouth (on the mic - you bad kids) and that’s it. This has become my new habit and new way of meeting beautiful ladies who enjoy the same freedoms a good groove provides. Thanks Jason Mason for being so reliable, Kevin, and I do miss you being around 12. Maybe now that you’re back in town for a minute you can give us a few nights eh? And let us not forget Josh One. He has mighty fine taste in beats and great all night after parties at his studio. We had one jam there with a sick percussion section. I played mini vibes and sang till 6. So rad!!! For those of you who think we don’t know how to party here (new yorkers). Not SO!!! xoxoxoro

I almost left out Massive Attack. They played the Hollywood Bowl and it was extraordinary. We played the “I’m looking for my seats” game on the floor all night, running up &down the center aisle. It was so fun, running into Jenny & Juliana and dancing like it was 1999. Thanks James for taking me. I just wish the band would turn on a light on the stage. They’re into this dark moody thing, and I really wanted to see pretty Elizabeth Fraser!!!

9/20/06 New Management When I wasn’t Even Looking

My awesome manager, is up to his ears in work running a giant company in Seattle. And I have a new record that needs someone to work it. So I have been hoping another great manager would come and find me. In this business, it’s all about who you know and how much cash you think you can bring in. Management is a tough gig, and extremely time consuming, when done right, so the returns have to be good, or it’s usually a no-go. And then there’s the managers who are so in love with the music they’ll go to the ends of the earth to make returns on it. We all want the latter. But often we take what we can get, provided we don’t have to sign some crazy 5 year contract with someone we still hardly know. It’s tricky. Something fell into my lap the other day, and it’s on a trial basis, so why not give it a try? It’s a friend of a friend with a good company and great connections. They like me, for many reasons, but are definitely enticed because I am potentially getting ready to sell my publishing again. I am excited to start this new relationship, though I’m not certain I’m ready to part with my publishing... I guess we’ll see what happens eh?

9/15 Month of Birthdays

It’s been one party after another and I’m damn tried. Who ever thought there’d be so many Virgos to bless this fine world. My birthday was on the 15th. We had a party and the cops came twice!! That’s how you know it was dope. Kumbi’s is the same day, but she was gracious enough to have her party the next night. Thanks my Virgo sister!!! Also, special shout outs to Ashley, Christine, Dave, Matt and Darlene, even though she’d kinda mad. Someone once told me a long time ago, “I really like virgos, but they always seem to CRACK, and then it’s over for them.” This quote has stuck with me in my mind for a long time now. Maybe there’s some truth to it, and there are a lot of virgos who crack, or maybe it’s a lot of crap. I feel myself hanging off the edge every now and then, but I’m still here, feelin all right. No. I definitively haven't cracked (yet). Sweet!!! ;)

9/1/06 The Gray Kid @ The Echo, 10PM - 1822 Sunset BLVD Los Angeles, CA 90039

Yes he’s white and he raps!! But he’s also an awesome singer, whose smart funny and HOT!
I wanna hook up all my single friends with him. See you there....

graykid.com
myspace.com/graykid

8/29/06 Zero 7, Gotan Project and A touch of the 40s

My beautiful friend Kavi took me to see Zero 7 and Gotan Project at the Hollywood Bowl tonight. What an amazing show!!!! It was so inspiring. Sia is so incredible!! Her voice filled the entire stadium and every heart in every seat. If you ever have a chance to see her you should!!! The Gotan Project was so enchanting too. Their set was all planned out with beautiful images projected on and behind them. Their music and instrumentation was beautiful, with programmed music mixed with live accordion, strings and guitar. Magnificent!!! I saw my friends form Quango, Bruno & Allen and they invite us to come and dance right up front. Thanks guys, so so so much!!!

People are still giving me a hard time because they think I’m not focused. What the hell? Why do people in this industry judge so much? It’s not like many of them have any vision of their own. They rely on trends and bands with their own records made and scenes in tact to put any money down on the table. They look for excuses to tell you why your vibe doesn’t work for them. That “lack of focus” one is as old as time. I’ve seen it so many times. Directors telling actors, they shouldn’t be modeling or playing in a band if they want to have a good acting career. I think that’s all crap. If you are multi-talented, and working on a multitude of things enriches your life, then you are the lucky one. Don’t let anyone tell you not to follow your dreams. Sure, it will be a lot harder to work on totally different projects simultaneously. But I do believe it’s true what they say, about that what does not kill you, WILL only make you stronger. You shouldn’t have to wait till your fifty to become a movie director, unless you want to. That my advice, as it always has been…follow your heart and your dreams will blossom into beautiful flowers in your wake, leaving pretty petals where ever you may go.

If you ever get the chance, to have a night out in long elbow length gloves, it could change your whole life. I did is a show in some the other day at a fancy 40’s theme party that I played, and I felt like a king and sang like nobody’s business. Whatever that means...it was a very powerful experience. I like these private parties too, cause not only do they pay my rent, but you meet the damndest people. ;)

8/17/06 My song “living Proof” comes out today of Kelis’s new record “Kelis Was Here”

So excited to have a song I wrote for Kelis on her new record. Check it out at itunes.

“Living Proof,” is track number 5. Yay!!!!!!!!!

8/12/06 Pretty Pooja

It gets better!!! My new band just got so much cooler. It’s so exciting, cause now we have another singer. Hey name is Pooja, which means “prayer” in Hindi. She is a 20 year-old girl who is trained in classical India Music. Her voice is like a dream to me. It was so excited to write a song the other day in her native language, and so fun, because the translations from English to Hindi are just so beautiful. For instance, to describe love in English, well you know how you would describe it...but in Hindi it is so much more poetic and enchanting. I talk about love, and Pooja talks about the flowers attracting the bees. Incredible!! We wrote a few songs and I recorded her vocals. I’m so excited to sing background vocals in Hindi when we perform live when she is singing lead. I’m also so excited to have another singer to take the focus off me a little. It’s so nice to be able to take breaks from the mic and not sing the entire show....ahhhhh

8/5/06 The Siren Frequency at the Mint at 8PM. I’m sitting in on Background vocals to back up my best friend as she sings her electronic siren songs.

The Mint
6010 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, 90035
8PM - 8/5/06
myspace.com/thesirenfrequency

7/29/06 Rosey Sings the American Anthem at the Fullerton Flyers Verses Reno Game

Goodwin Field @UC Irvine
800 North State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA
7PM - 7/29/06

Come down to Fullerton for some good old fashioned Baseball.
I have always wanted to sing this classic song at a sporting event, and you have to start somewhere so...
;)

7/27/06 Starting a new Band, Doing the Can-Can, and going on Warped Tour?

So my last trip to NYC I met this guy who told me about this other guy that he wanted us to work with, you following?? Again it’s a freaky myspace marriage made in heaven. Only problem is, me and the other guy live in LA and this guy lives in NYC so working with him could be a challenge... So I went back home and met Ireesh (the other guy), and we totally hit it off musically. I had been praying to the planets to send me a dude with a computer and a keyboard I could write songs with, then scoop up and take all over the world with me. And there he was. I was nervous at first, quite cautious even. I have wanted to be in a real band my whole career, but after being a solo artist for 10 years now, I couldn’t just jump into a new band. Ireesh and I have been working together 3 solid weeks, and though it is not a lifetime, I love the work we’ve done. And after getting pretty drunk with him, cause that’s a good test of someone’s character(?), I can tell I really like him as a person. People are worried I’m losing my focus by working on several different projects. I wish they would stop saying that stuff. I mean, I do get it, but I am not giving up on my jazz stuff because I want to do something totally different. It is because I am making jazz records now that I feel I can do something totally different. Being dynamic as an artist is really important to me, so why not go with it right? I mean, I’m still writing with other artists, so why shouldn’t I be in different bands too?

I went on the Warped Tour for a week. It was like being locked in the guitar center overnight for a month straight. It was so loud and noisy. It made NYC seem like a library. The guys in the bands were nice, but my god.... If you think those guys are living this amazing rock&roll lifestyle you are sadly mistaken. I’ve never been so HOT & exhausted in my life. Those poor guys have to sit around all day waiting for shit to happen, and every day it’s the same 30 minute set. It was 100 degrees everywhere we went, so nobody wanted to be outside. We all stayed on the tour bus for hours sitting and sleeping. It was freakish. If you’re dying to get into a rock band and be on the festival circuit, you may want to reconsider. ;) Or at least cut your teeth on driving a van around the country a few times with 6 other people (and gear) with no sleep and no food. This’ll make warped tour seem like a country club. I guess I’m spoiled, and that’s okay with me. I did get to meet Joan Jett and hang out with her, which was so rad!!! She’s a really cool lady. Sorry to be so strangely negative. I just felt so bad for the poor kittens that have to live that life everyday for 60 days straight...meow!

6/21/06 Polo Clubs & Piano Bars

I flew to NYC last week cause I’m going to play a private party at the 21 Club in mid-town. I arrived late at night and got a call from Barry & Amos, they were at a Piano Bar in the west Village. I was on LA time so I thought, why not meet up and have a drink to ease my aching back. The bar we were going to go to was so loud we couldn’t even talk to each other, so we went next store to this place called Rose’s Turn, which was awesome!! Every night there is open mic. So this time, I sang a few songs for Amos. I did “My Man” and “All of Me.” If you like show tunes, this spot is for you. The whole place starts singing, as all the employees are old time Broadway actors. So fun!!

The Private Party was so glamorous...The 21 Club is very fancy private Polo club. I remember walking by it in the past, the front of the building is lined with little jockeys, but I never knew what it was till now. Thanks Audrey for hooking up the show. ;) It was really fun, and for the first time since I stopped waiting tables (10 years ago) I was treated like the help. I had to use the back dark creepy stairs, the back entrance and the service elevator. It was hilarious!!! Sometimes you just got play your part you now? ;) But the party was fun. It was so wonderful seeing couples of all ages waltz to my songs, what a trip. And it was great practice for the gig we had the following evening at Mo’ Pitken’s. I’m gonna say, I truly think this was the best gig I’ve had in my whole career. For most of the show, I was free as a bird... not thinking about my hair, my clothes, my band, I was just free, and it felt amazing!! Thanks to all of you who were there to fill the room with something that musta took me there. Sweet!!! Special thanks to the the birthday girl, Lisa May and to my friends Mike and Kalu &company for driving all the way down from Rochester for the show. :)

6/20/06 Rosey’s Back on the East Coast @ Mo Pitkin's at 9PM

Mo Pitkin's
34 Avenue A, Between 2nd Street and 3rd Street
New York, NY 10009
9PM - 6/20/06
$10 Cover

This will definitely be my last gig in NYC for a while. Hope to see you there!

6/13/06 (Good) Hollywood Hang

I saw my friends in She Wants Revenge play at the Wiltern Tonight. It was so awesome to see them after so long, and to see what they had accomplished and become in their absence from LA-land. I went off to make a jazz record, but these guys became a phenomenon. I’ll tell you, it couldn’t have happened to nicer guys. I love those boys and am so proud of them. After their show I went to the Roosevelt Hotel, super cool Hollywood hipster hang spot. I hung out by the pool and sipped whisky planning my escape. I was too tired to look pretty and wanted to go home. But then I met one of the coolest guys. A Brazilian rapper named Rico in a really cool band called Afrobots (myspace.com/afrobots). We talked about music and people and kept it positive for hours. I have found a new friend in him and am so happy about it. Yay!

6/7/06 Rosey Performing Live @ Temple Bar at 8PM

Temple Bar
1026 Wilshire blvd & 11th st.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
8PM - 6/7/06

$7 Cover

We have a great show planned for you. Katisse will be coming down as a guest flautist. He’s so amazing!!I'm going on first so I'll start right on time. This bar is really cool, for those of you who haven’t been. I would even go so far as to say it’s my favorite bar in the LA area. For real!!!

6/3/06 Famous Amos

I randomly met Amos Lee, one of the dopest folk singers out there right now, on none other than the awesome myspace the other day. We’ve been chatting back and forth only to find out that he is recording right down the street from me. And even stranger he invited me to a memorial day barbeque the other day a few houses down free me, on MY street!! What a great way to meet the neighbors. Random! Amos invited me to come by a few times and hang out at the studio while they were recording his new record. The songs are so beautiful. I sat there in quiet astonishment, thinking there must be some lucky reason I was sitting there. Most definitely for inspirational purposes and it’s always good to see other singers mic control and technique, as it varies so much from lovely person to person. Barry, Amos’s producer was very sweet and kind to me, and did a bang up job on the record I might add. So thanks Barry. And sorry about the car accident. ;) Buy Amos and Buy often. He’s totally with it & worth it.

5/14/06 The Birds and The Mausoleums

Both of the CD release parties were great!!! Thanks so much to all of you who came to support me and my new thang!!! Both rooms were full of new friends and old, we sold lots of Cds/Vinyl and I gave out lots of hugs and kisses, which all made me so very happy. And thanks so much to my super cute merch girls Cami, Sydney & Briel! :)

Last night I saw Hitchcock’s classic “the Birds” in the Hollywood cemetery. I don’t think I’ve ever had that much fun at a movie. We sat amidst the very finely kept mausoleums and watched the movie while spillin a little for our homies, singing and laughing our asses off!!! That Tippy Hedron ia a killer!! Thanks Mae, for letting me sit on your blanket and thanks to the American Eyes guys for teaching me how to make a brass monkey. Rad!!!

5/12/06 California knows how to party!!! ;)
Come to Rosey’s West Coast CD Release Party @ Tangier at 9PM

Tangier
2138 Hillhurst Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027
9PM - 5/12/06
$8 Cover

Los Angeles CD Release Party!!!!! Come by and get moody/party with us, and pick up a limited edition vinyl copy of my new record (which comes with a CD-for those of you with no turn tables yet...).

5/5/06 Tri-Staters, Come to Rosey’s East Coast CD Release Party @ Mo Pitkin's at 10PM

Mo Pitkin's
34 Avenue A, Between 2nd Street and 3rd Street
New York, NY 10009
10PM - 5/5/06
$10 Cover

We will be selling limited edition vinyl copies of my new record (with CD inside) for 10$$. yay!!

Hope to see you there, not sure when I’ll be back your way again...xoro

4/24/06 April is a Hustle!!

It’s been great to be back home. I’m living at my friend’s house in Silverlake. And yes, I’m actually paying rent again, it’s been a while I know... I love our house and we have a big flesh eating dog who scares off everybody. That makes me feel safe and happy. In our yard we have a fig, avocado, pomegranate and seedless orange tree, I feel like I live in the garden of eden. We even have a swing in our backyard hanging from our big avocado tree. A swing!!! Can you stand it?? I am so grateful to live in such a peaceful place. I hope to write many songs here before I move on. I always move on... I’m also very glad to be back, because I am getting a lot of commercial work here that is helping me get by. Singing songs, jingles, thousands of background vocals for money. It can be extremely tiring, standing on my feet for 6 or 7 hours hollering, but it’s a living. What can I say? ;)

Next week I fly back to NYC to do a show there on May 5th at Mo’ Pitken’s, celebrating the release of my new record “The Old Fashioned Way.” It’s not like an international release or even a national one, but by the 5th of May, you will be able to buy my record on my website and on the itunes store. And for now, that’s good enough for me.

3/11/06 I’m Really Going back to Cali!

I’m finally feeling better after being sick as a dog. All that traveling and gigging last week killed me. It was 10 below zero in Buffalo, and partying after the last show didn’t help much either, but some good festivities were in order. I had finally been able to kick back celebrate finishing my first jazz record. The music part anyway... Now it’s on to the packaging, which should be a lot less stressful, especially since my best friend Jill (jillsimonsen.com) is doing the layout. She’s designed hundreds of albums so we’ll have it made in the shade. Plus I just love hanging with her and acting stupid, something that comes really easy for me. Wait, no, I am a very serious Diva. NOT.

So know that I’m mobile I’m packing up all my stuff, selling off a bunch of it, putting a lot in storage, and shipping the rest out to the west coast. Sound familiar?? I love it out here in the countryside. But I’ve done my time in New York. I lived at 106 & Broadway, 89th & Columbus, 23rd &7th, 14th &6th, 12th &5th. I guess I’ve been working my way down the west side for years, which maybe should have been a clue I was working my way out of town. So that’s it, I’m going back to the west coast, where I can live more comfortably with more space, for way less cash, in a pretty, warm, quiet, clean place. It’s just what I need right now to keep at this thing. Plus I still have my car from when I lived there last year, a pretty old 1971 Mercedes. Damn I love that car!! I got my family out there, and my new band Kneebody. I sure wanna be wherever those guys are. No hard feeling to my sweethearts John &Bob in my east coast band, I’ll still play with them when I come back around this way.

If anybody wants to come to my garage sale, it’s on the 18th in Andover ;)

2/23/06 Rosey Performing Live @ Rockwood Music Hall at 9PM

Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen Street
New York, NY 10001
9PM – 2/23/06
No Cover

Last chance to catch some free jazz this month. These gigs have been a blast!! And it’s a priority for me to play new songs for you every week to keep things hot and fresh. Hope to see you at this last gig. We’re gonna party like rockstars after!!

2/17/06 I Must be Crazy!!!

I miss my boyfriend, I cant remember the last time I saw him?? His band is recording their new record up in Buffalo with Dave Fridman, one of the coolest producers ever. He did all of the Flaming Lips records...yeah. So I decided while laying here dead in my bed, that I haven’t had enough traveling and I am getting in my hundred dollar car and driving up to freezing cold Buffalo to surprise my sweetie and hang out for a few days while they record. I haven’t been to Buffalo since I went to some concert in 91 tripped out on some....oh nevermind, ughh. I don’t remember much about that trip. This will be a whole new clever and very present experience.

Bye Now!!! Wish me luck in the snow. It’s supposed to be coming down in sheetz…

2/16/06 Rosey Performing Live – Every Thursday in February @ Rockwood Music Hall at 9PM

Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen Street
New York, NY 10001
9PM – 2/16/06
No Cover

Two more chances to see free jazz rosey-style 2/16/06 & 2/23/06. Don’t miss out!!!

2/10/06 Mastering with the King

The gig last night was pretty decent. I think I like this residency thing. I would do it more often if it paid better. It looks like it’s time to find myself a new spot to start gigging in NYC. I love this cute little place. But it would be rad if I could clear enough at the door to pay the band. I don’t mind so much going home empty handed if the boys are all paid up. There will be 2 more - free jazz shows this month on the 16th and the 23rd, so catch the fun while it’s good and cheap my friends, good and cheap!

I’m sitting on a plane again, flying back to LA to do the last couple mixes and then go to master the record with my buddy Jeff King ( thekinghimself.com ) at Threshold in scenic Santa Monica, CA. Thanks Jeff for squeezing my 15 songs into one day! You rock!!!

2/9/06 Come & See – Rosey – Every Thursday in February @ Rockwood Music Hall at 9PM

Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen Street
New York, NY 10001
9PM – 2/9/06
No Cover

2/3/06 In and out of Climates & Airports

Okay, my schedule is F-ed up!!! I played a gig yesterday and am flying back to LA today to mix my record... I’ll fly back to NYC on Wednesday do my Thursday night Rockwood gig and fly back to LA on Friday to finish mixing. I guess when we scheduled this residency, we didn’t know we’d be making a record at the same time. Fortunately these flights all fit into the budget for the record, or I don’t know how I’d pull this off. I’m not complaining, it’s fun being a flying round the country weirdo, but I have a bad eardrum and it is really bothering me. And mixing records with bad ears sux!!! Luckily, my friend Brian Boland (myspace.com/itcouldbelouder) is mixing the record, and his ears are more than all right. Thanks Brian for hooking a sister up!!! And thanks to you too- LAFX for giving us the nice-rate. Right about now, we are running out of funds and can’t afford to go one day over in the mixing process. Mixing records is so horrifying to me. You work so hard on something only for the mix to be the be-all end-all to it. I’m saying my plane prayers right now. I know I’m supposed to manifest good things with my thoughts. And yes, I AM one of those girls who uses the word manifest as a verb. ;)

2/2/06 Come & See – Rosey – Every Thursday in February @ Rockwood Music Hall at 9PM

Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen Street
New York, NY 10001
2/2/06 – 9PM
No Cover

1/30/06 Rosey’s first show of the year in Hollywood!!! @ Hotel Café at 8PM

Hotel Cafe
1623 1/2 N Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
1/30/06 – 8PM
$8.00 Cover

9:00PM Josh Radin
He's so lovely...check him out at joshuaradin.com

1/24/06 Oversleeping & Brass

We finished vocals yesterday and I just want to put my vocal chords in a little cradle and let them sleep for a week. Some friends came and got some nice footage of me singing. Hopefully we can get it up on the site soon. These things always take so long to come together. I guess it’s all my fault. ;) Anyway, a little rest is in order!! I have 3 days off to sleep, then we record horn parts on 7 of the songs and we’re done tracking!!! So exciting. And since we’re all so well rehearsed as a band, it’s the perfect time to do another show.

We’ll be playing this Monday at the Hotel Café again and then I fly back to NYC the next day to start my first jazz residency at Rockwood Music Hall. We’ll be there every Thursday in February, keeping you warm inside, when the weather’s so cold out. That little tiny room gets crazy hot. I love it!!!

1/16/06 Tracking-Tracking

We just spent 6 days in the studio tracking all the songs live. John Chin even came out to play on some of the tunes that we wrote together, so that was fun. Some stuff had to be overdubbed, like extra guitar parts and extra rhodes and piano parts. Did I mention I love being the boss!!! It’s the best. I have never felt so lucky in my life. There’s no one to tell me NO, you cant do that!! I’m used to producers not really letting me do what I want in the studio, and that is behind me now. Phewwww... Things are sounding really good, thanks to my engineer Craig Durrance. He’s the shit!!! Pardon my dreadful language;) I wished for a great engineer and am so pleased to have found one. Also, thanks to Mike and Adam at Encore for hooking us up. You guys are so rad!!

I start recording vocals today, and will spend the next week making sure they are right. I couldn’t get all live takes on the vocals, cause I was too busy making sure the band sounded right. Oh Sinatra, how ever did you do it? I can only hope some day to be blessed with such genius. For now, I am happy with what I’ve got. I’m doing my best, and for the first time in my life, I don’t think it’s all crap. Hallelujah!!!

1/5/06 My 2nd Record Pre-production Starts Today!!

We start rehearsals today for the making of my new record. After spending years in and out of studios, of dozens of different producers pushing me in all sorts of weird directions, I have been empowered by a very special person (my awesome manager) who is helping me get the cash together to produce my own record. I’ve also been working on a bunch of R&B and pop/rock sessions with other artists and I have to say, I’m just burnt on the whole pop scene by now. I love programmed beats as much as the next girl, but I have the need for something completely different. And so, I’m so excited about recording this album live to tape. Like they used to do it, with everybody playing together in the same room, vibing off one another. I cant wait!!! And to think, I get to be in charge of it all. Too cool.... We have 6 days of rehearsals to make sure the songs are super tight before we go into the studio on the 10th. So here we go!!

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